Members of the Equip Project team had a busy long weekend from the 18th to 21st September supporting three separate events in the NSW Equip site of Nymboida. First up was the Nymboida Harvest Moon...
Nine communities across Australia have signed up to learn how best to prepare for natural disasters under the ground-breaking initiative Equip. Led by the University of New England, Equip seeks to address the toll that extreme weather events like floods,...
EQUIP’s engagement with communities vulnerable to environmental challenges continues. Last week, members of our research team, Associate Professor Melissa Parsons and Associate Professor Warren Bartik, attended the Dundurrabin Community Centre (Blicks River) AGM...
Residents of Nymboida broke out all their favourite mooves when “a herd of bovine flavoured beasties” stampeded the stage at a community event co-sponsored by Equip. The Black Cows was one of two musical acts that entertained locals during a fantastic night...
Comment by Jo Robinson, Equip Project Coordinator, University of New England Natural disasters are so unpredictable and unsettling and Cyclone Alfred’s journey was no different. Originally building off the coast of Mackay, we thought it wouldn’t affect us on the...
Today in Armidale we launched “Equip”, a major investment in psychologically preparing rural communities for the increasingly severe and frequent extreme weather and disasters that will accompany climate change. The method was piloted by UNE last year in Ebor NSW...
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